Continuous automatic centrifugal filtering-machine.



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fully set forth I my application unirsi) s'ra'riis PATENT anion.

HOMER A. HERR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Application 1ed December 23, 1915.

all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER A. HERR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofl Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements vin Continuous Automatic Centrifugal Filteringvlachines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention has reference to centrifugal separating machines and consists of features in the following specification and accompanying drawing forming part thereof.

In my application No. 867,450 filed Oct. 19, 1014, I sho1 an automatic continuous separating centrifugal machine having an unperforated basket and designed to pass the separated liquid up, out and over the basket top after being retained therein for a. predetermined time.

This present invention has for its ob]e ct an i'mprovement on the invention set out in the application referred to and consists of the following features.

1st. In the application referred to and in No. 454,063, 1908 I show a method of discharging `purged solids by centrifugal force, or the force acquired by rotation. In the application of centrifugal force for `this purpose I drop the bottom of the basket and expose ports in the basket shell through which the separated solids are discharged after being placed on said bottom.

In the present invention I use the force acquired by rotation, as in the former application, but I do not pass the solids through ports in the basket ort in the bottom and sweep the separated solids from the shell wall to this port and thus pass them from the basket.

I prefer that this port for discharging the solids shall be arranged concentrically with the basket shaft, but not essentially so. It is sufficient for the purpose of my invention that the seal for this is moved exposing thereby the outlet port for passing the solids from the basket.

A second feature of my present invention is a sweep normally out of the centrifugal zone of action but brought into action while the port is exposed and carrying or forming the solids,

a conductor for conducting them Specification of Letters Patent.

' zone of solids discharge, filed Sept. 21,

shell; instead I open a GGNTINUOUS AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL FILTERING-MACHINE.

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from the basket shell to the aforesaid exposed port and out of the basket.

A third feature of my invention is a supplemental liquid collector for receiving unseparated material remaining in the'basket.

after a purging or separating period has eX pired as predetermined. It will be understood that this present invention contemplat-es the use of an unperforated basket shell and is designed for unseparated mate.- rial where the solids are held in suspension, and where some of the solids may be lighter than the liquid and some heavier. The lighter solids are carried away with the liquid, and the heavier solids are impacted on the inner wall of the basket shell until a predetermined wall thickness results after which they are discharged as will be described hereinafter. I

This supplemental liquid collector is designed to collect the wall of liquid. which rests on the wall ot' separated solids impacted on the basket shell, and to prevent the liquid from passing on or over the separated solids by conducting it away from the and then j A. fourth feature of my invention is to remove the supplemental collector away from the path of the solids as they are discharged from the machine.

Needless to `say that, as in my former inventions, I use two speeds, a high purging speed of from 900 to 1600 R. P. M. and a slow speed of 100 R. P. M. while the sweep is in action.

The means for controlling these two speeds does not materially differ from that of my former inventions.

A fifth feature of my invention is a simpliied timing device comprising a worm in continuous action and a carrier having a finer for indicating the period for separation.

A sixth feature of my invention is a signal or bell which announces the conclusion of va cycle and which is operated by an adjustable member on the indicator carrier on its return to a normal setting.-

A seventh feature of my 'invention is to provide a drain for passing the liquid conaing from the machine, that may carry in susension some solids of lighter specific gravity than the liquid, and if so, to separate them by'y filter fabric. Usually where the solids held in suspension are of two different held in the liquor is i densities the lighter is very small in volume compared to the heavier, therefore the bag filters will pass before they will needcleanmg; economyand high etficiencyresulting.'

permit alarge'volume of liquid to4 For instance; inrefining .sugar the carbonated Syrups pass into the centrifugal; the solids of these Syrups consist of the lime suspended matter.

`and of this amount liquid compound and about 2% The 98% is impacted on the shell lis lighter;

j ket` andthe 2%is caught inl thefilter bags:

' lthe net result being a filtering condition. This perfect and very/ rapid separation and saving 90% labor required 'l nation of my centrifugal the heavier solids iii-suspension and. t e coacting bags for the lightersave ,90%.ofj this fexpense; a revolutionary my inventionv is the vanes on' the liquid loaded with 50 conductor leadingffrom economy-'1 AH. eghthzeature of. provision of' a seriesof the' basket iilteri'ng zone 'to the curb and carried bythe basket forming in effect andin factja centrifu al pump, whereby a very strong currentis 1nduced forcing preventing falling back in tiothe basket.

A ninth featureof my 'invention is an adjustable basket top whereby the walls for solids vimpacting can be varied 'and pre# determined to suitdiiferent materials, or-

different conditions-'of '40 scribed hereinafter.

parts are referred to v'responding kind inthe d iii'erent views.

the same material. Other .features of.

In the drawings like Figure 1 isl a front view 'of the machine showing one half the basket in elevation and one half in verticalv section.-v

Fig. 2 is a horizontal'sectionk online 1 -2 of Fig. 1, but with the machine basket showing the supplemental liquid collector in action charge port for solids.

i of the lifting 60 which Voperates it.

' side' view'of the4 lever which r .oscillates the' under basketf supplemeiital l .liquid collector.; f v

Fig. 9 is a side view of the indicator and -trip carrier.

great V from its' actuating` of the basof the bags 'atl present used for this service and 90% Iof the to wash and keep the 'bags in is'the-most expen` ig. lis 'a-side elevation-'of the .cleaner tento se aratejv 1 Y ."vith; the cl the vbottom v-and-a'wall of the basket has b ing out the basket 'the liquid into the curb and' F11g.'19 is a this view. Fig. 20 is a vertical sectionathrough the basket and the bag'filte'r chamber',fshow} n0ve1tywill be deing the passage of theliquid from' the basketl byicharacter o f a corbag iilters,

Fig. 2l is a Fig. 22 is asection a mass ofseparatedI solids, andl and swung away from the basket dis- "tom art raised andthemeans and bottom.- F

segmental rack which oscillates the basket sweep andthe actuating cani' v Fig. 8 is ai Fig.`1 0 is a plan the same.

showing the worin dog lockingly disengaged worm.

worm."A a-Fi ,g;.v 13 isa planV basket with Fig. 14;isa section' on line j-- of Fig. 13, showing how the solids are deflected as strike the arms of the basket bottom.

for the 'walls of the basket.:

' ig. -16 is a plan of the saine.l

fr. 17 is a een .reduced to slow lspeed and at which time the liquid wall is pass-v bottonito its collector worm and andv into a conductor said .liquid suspension lighter than the liquid.

signal 'the conclusion of amachine cycle.:

F1g'.-23is a side view Fig. 24;'is1a sectionthrough the basket and showing the valvefor the basket botfor raising e cam and resilient link for oscilcleaner to sweep vthe basket shell ig. 25 is a section on line 1t; a so -th latlilg the locking finger for the worm dog. 'Thisnger locksthe dog when engaged withv and when disengaged from the '80 @f tiiebttom of the vertical section ofthe basket eaner and sweep 4in action and port opened to receive the solids. Fig. 18 'is a vertical section of the basket separated solids at the time sidel elevation ofthe clutch moving bar and the prime y-shaft. The

the sweep :in position cleaning -the wall of the basket of. separated solids.

connections. are vbrokenfaway .in

' 105'- intellor over thetOp int,0 the curb .chamber leading-t0 a .Series of carry Solidsl in.

O-Oof Fig. 24. Fig. 26, is a plan o-f the I chain sleeve yfor raising the valve in the basket andv showing cleaner shaft which operates it.

Fig. 27 is a plan of the cam which oscillates the cleaner shaft and-Fig. 28 is a plan of the cam which effects the raising and lowering of the same shaft.

Fig. 29 is a plan of the top of the basket its lconnection with the l l fore, rotates wit i by prime shaft pivot pin n of the curb the 'adjusting pl le wall thickness of se Fig. 30 is an end matically snapping he commenceme Fig. 31 is a se and showing conn feed valve, Fig. 32 is asid tripping the ctioi-i throu enlarged.

tion on one of the arms actuator online J."

Fig. 34 is an e means for re lating high show the cam djustable to corre g. 36 is a vie s thebed p ported on s of thesestan as shown in F 3 3 are two housings This prime shaft 6. The jaw 6 is s d thereto by k ith said prime4 ly when it is l ific construction `o part of my invention not go into a than to. note th straddle is moved are engaged, and .the said clutch jaws 7 is a worm rigi 8 is a worm whe a .shaft'carrying the trip ca late of the dards, one on ea jaws 5^and ked to jaw 6.

f these clutches forms lock has moved vfrom line 4 to line 3c in and I. therefore do Fig. 10. This movement will move the end on thereof further 36 of the U lock back from position indihearm 10 of the cated by line 2C to 1C, whereupon the the jaws 5 and 6. spring 24 will snap he lever dog 19-20 to fast' ana i7 e Shaft 4. 1

The function o rier 15 is to control 4nal the concl and to carry determined separa sists of a main p slot 18, best shown ator finger 50 ting periods,

art 15 havin in Figs. 10 an dle 19 forming part of a dog 20 an in said slot 18, shaped portion grooves of the worm e formed by thus becoinin 23 holds the lever said dog having 21 which engage 1.4 and co-inci the bottom of ed thereto.

dog 19-20 to longer than shown. This would be deterring.. The basket 'the main part 15 and in said vslot 18. ates permitting spring 24 connects the lever 19 with a lug 25, parated solids. iXed to the main body ofthe .trip carrier cam for auto- 1 5, and when the dog lever 19--20 is not ader dog into held in the position shown in Fig. 9 the said f one machine spring-24 will snap it up against the stop nt of the next. pin 26 and the part 15 will be free to slide h feed valve case over the worm 14. f

or actuatingthel 28 is a-U shaped lock forthe dog; 1920.

1t is'in' fact a double lock, in that it locks mechanism for the said dog in or to the worm 14 and it also tch operating link, l

locks itin disengagement from said worm.

spring a seat for compressive resistance.

d detail of thel ad- 30 is a hole in the arm or leg 31 of the memspeed ber 15. This hole is of the proper size to These two views have the head 27 of the lock 28 slide therein. d lever; all as bef" 32, Fig. 9, is a hole inthe member 15 to sponding degrees. accommodate the smaller leg ofthe U lock f 28 and 33 is a hole in the same member to the 27 is ,threaded upon the leg 34,v not integral ined to shaft 3 the end 27 of the U lock will contact with dH therefore the standard 3 and on further movement The jaw 5 will force the end 27 and the legs 28 and The 34 back against the spring -29 until the U the stop pin 26 therefor. The arc end 21 5 andy is now disengaged from the worm and the 11 is chain 37 through the force of the weight 38. worm wheel 8 and, there-' Figs. 6 and 1-will pull the member 15 back to h t. 12 is a pinionl carried the position shown in Fig. 6 or its initial po' d 13 vis a spur ge .14.' This wo actuated by n.12, which shaft, vand spur lugcarried by member 15. This lug or part.

by the line position 49, after which the electrical f this contact carcurrent will ow through conductors, 42 and speed, to sig'- f 41 lfrom battery 43 to bell 40 and the bell f the machine, will ring noti ying attendant a cycle has to pre, been completed. The lug 39 also acts as al 1t constop to'limit the movement of the member g a 4vertical 15 toward the'left as shown in Fig. 1. 45 d 11, a hanand 46 in Fig. 21 are bearings for the rod 47. f d fitting Tn Fig. 1 only1 is shown a series of numerarc als, These numerals indicate time periods said In case it is desirable to have a very short A cycle the stop rod or lug 39 would be made ine supaccommodate the longer leg 34 of the U erebeing four lock. (It will be understood that the head ch corner of 6, 4with one cut therewith.) Now asl the worm 14 carries for the prime the member 15 in the direction of thearrow carries clutchl 35, Fig. 10,- when it nears the right standard s moved from 5 `the position shown in Fig. 11,- or againstare-disengaged.

with clutch-jaw a loose'pulley on the contacts with the circuit closing rod 47 carmultiple contact car- .rying contact 44, and moves it to the dotted and operated mined bythe material entirely. As in some claimed by me are not dependent upon the Il i?" instances a cycle would comprise-2 to 3 minprovision of automatic speed controlling utes and in others one hour or more. In means.l As to such features I place no rethe latter case reducing gears would be instriction or limitation in the ymanner of 5 terposed between the prime shaft 4 and the speed control. While the member 1,5 is

worm 14ste suit the special requirements.. traveling from any of the possible positions 70 Y he moment the U lock has removed the for predetermining purging periods to conleg 28 from the vhole 32 the spring 24 will tact with the push link 55, Fig. 6, the basket move the lever 19-20 from radial line 51,its is at high speed, or, to make it somewhat normal locked position, to radial line 52, its more clearvin Fig. 6, while the member 15 normal unlocked position. The latter position is moving from line 62 to line 63, but the 75 contemplates the hole 22 of the dog 20 coinmoment the point 63 is reached and open ciding with the hole in the member which link 55 is moved by the continued movement carries the leg 28 of the U lock. As this leg of member 15.2 the arm 56 is oscillated, as 15 28 passes into the co-inciding hole 32 (Fig.9) well as shaft 57 and arm 58 carrying link of the member l5, when the lock is in en- 59 which operates motor controller 64, 80 gagementv with the worm 14, the leg 28 through segmental rack 60 and pinion 61, passes over the top thereof and is thusl held the latter operating contacts on shaft 65 of by the spring 29 until the said leg 28 is the controller. Resistances are thus put in 20 forced back by the head 27 of the U lock the field and armature circuits of the motor engaging a fixed part of the standard 3. (resistances being built in the controller) 85 his movement of the member 15, while the and the speed is reduced to slow cleaning head 27 of the U lock is arrested in movin speed. Of course by this same mechanism, therewith, is indicated at Fig. 10 from line if for any reason I desired it I could stop 4C to 3C; and ast-he aforenamed chain 37 the motor entirely by s inging the conthrough weight 38 will thereafter immeditroller. Following the slowing down of the 90 ately pull the member 15 away from its enmotor the clutch jawsy 6 and 5'are engaged gagement with the right housing 3, through so the worm 7 will actuate the worm wheel end 27 of the U lock, being released from 8 and connections on shaft 11.`` 30 contact with said housing, the spring 29 will This I accomplish as follows:

snap leg 28 of the U lock in hole 22 of the 66 is a link connected with the clutch op- 96 Y dog 20 and hold it until released. erating straddleY 10, 10 at one end and car- In order, however, that the locking of the rying a lug 67 near the other. As the memdog 20 will be yielding, in the\ interests of ber 15 moves forward, as already set out, the acting automatically, I bevel `the end 53 of lug 68 thereon will engage the lug 67 of the leg 28 of the U lock, and as the member the link 66, shown only in Figs.l6, 9 and 10: 100 15 is returned to its initial position the hanand as the link 66 is pivoted to the adjacent dlt` 19 will engage a cam 54 and the force arm 10 of the clutch moving clevis or stradof the weight 38 is suflicient to overcome dle the said clevis is oscillated from line 69 V 40 the tension of the spring 24 and the friction to 70; Fig. 19, and this oscillation moves the of the bevel end 53 induced by the spring 29 jaw 6 from line 71 to line 72, closing the 105 of the U lock; this will put the lever 19*20 clutch and operating rotatively the worm 7, Y from radial line 52 back to radial line 51 worm wheel 8 and shaft 11. Immediately i and the arc 21 of the dog 20 will again be the clutch jaws 6 and 5 become enga-ged the locked to the worm 14, as the spring 29 will shaft 11 will rotate. This shaft 11 carries snap the leg 28 of the U lock over the top a cam 73, being a double lateral cam, and 110 of the dog 2O as shown in Fig. 9. adapted to oscillate arm 74 horizontally in Should I at any time desire to dispense two directions. 75 is a friction roller ridwith the automatic action of the locking ing on the outer face of cam 73, and 76 is a/f dog 19, I merely remove the cam 54,/ after roller riding on the inner face of the same which, at the conclusion of a cycle -'and the cam.V 77 is a shaft which carries the arm 115 sounding of the bell alarm, an attendant can 74 at its lower end and the lever having the -put the lever dog in engagement with the contacts 82 and 83 at its upper end and these worm 14, by manual service. two contacts impinge respectively on brake As hereinbefore set out, it is the law of levers 78 and 79, shown only in Fig. 6.

my machine that the purging is done at a As will be seen: when cam 73 moves lever 120 predetermined high speed from 900 to 1600 74 toward roller 76 the lever 89,*83 on shaft R. P. M. and the passing of the solids from 77 will spread the levers 78 and 79 to dotted the basket'at a slow speed' from 75 to 100 lines 80 and 81 and the brake shoes 86 and R. P. M. and these speeds are automatically 86, througlitheir supports 85 and 85, will controlled. There are certain materials and impinge the brake-wheel 87 carried by the 1.25 certain conditions where I may elect to conbasket shaft 88 and quickly arrest the hightrol the 'speed of the basket by manual maspeed of the basket. The pivot pins 84 and nipulation. Certain features described and 84 are carried by the bottom of the motor supporting frames, The lateral roller as shown in Fig. 1. contacts ofthe cam 73 are so adjusted and arranged that the brake is in action until the speed of the motor is reduced to about 75 to-100 or less R. P. M. Then the brake is released by the lever 74 being oscillated toward roller 7 5, which oscillation, through shaft 77, swings the lever thereonv having the contacts 82 and 83 back to normal as shown in Fig. 6; normal implying that the brake shoes 86 and 86 are free from contact with brake wheel 87.

If I should wish to make the action of the machine non-automatic, at this point, I would adjust the link 59 connecting controller 64 with arm 58 so the contacts thereof would oscillate to line 202 the neutral position instead of line 201, the slow speed position, assuming that the machine' is set for automatic actionandv the cam 54 is placed for this purpose: 'we will make the adjustment of the lug 39v on the member 15 when the movement of the member 15 is arrested by the said lug so the dog 89 on the lever 89 is far enough from the trip contact 90 to permit of the worm wheel 8 making a full rotation and stopping (the manner of which I will presently describe). This4 travel of the member 15 is a slack in the cycle and is merely to occupy the time while said worm wheel 8 completes its rotating. After this said rotation, the adjusting being correct, the lug 90 on the member 15 engages the dog 89 of the lever 89 and through the link 90 oscillates lever 58 from dotted line This oscillation of the said lever 58 will, through the link 59, swing the segment 60 of the controller 64 so that the speed of the motor will be accelerated to high. As the speed of the motor is accelerated whenthe machine is arranged for automatic action it is necessary to open the valve admitting unseparated material into the basket. I do this as follows: the link 59 which controls the motor controller (see Fig. 6 and Fig. 32 on sheet 6) carries a link holder 93 which is connected by a link 94 with an angular extension 95A of the gate valve 96. When the terminal of link 59 is at line 98 the valve 96 is open and the unseparated material is free to pass through pipe 92 into the basket. This occurs at high speed and the movement is accomplished by lug 90 engaging dog 89, operating lever 89', link 9 0', rod 57 and the direct link element 59. When the termina-l of link 59 is at dotted line 97 the valve 96 is over the feed pipe 92 and the flow of unseparated material is arrested. This occurs before and during slow speed and while the basket is being cleaned. as will be described hereinafter. and it is accomplished by the Contact of the member 15 with the push link 55, Fig. 6, oscillating the 91 to dotted line 58', see Fig. 19.

lever 58 from radial line 58 to line 91, or

in the reverse direction to the motion used to open the said feed valve 96. The contacting portion ofthe link 5 5 can be either integral with the member 15 or held thereto in an adjustable manner, but this contact part must be free to pass over orby the standard 3 and not contact therewith. The cam 54 is adjustable on the bed plate 1 of the machine when it is desirous of making the machine with a variable and adjustable purging period. The lever 89 is adjustable with and to suit any change of the adjustment of the said cam 54. In" Figs. 6 and-21 I show a rod lug 39, carried by the member 15 and designed to close the bellcircuit at the conclusion of a machine cycle and as a signal to the attendant that the said cycle is completed. This lug 89 must be lengthened or shortened to suit any change of adjustment of the cam 54 on the bed plate 1, the link 90 requiring similar adjustment. In practical construction'it is good practice to drill a pivot hole in the side of the bed plate at the point of each minute indicating nurneralin the numeral carrying frame, as shown in Fig. 1 for the pivot pin of the lever 89. The rod 90 would carry corresponding holes or holes of corresponding pitch. Thus by lengthening the rod 39 which, aside from closing the bell circuit, is a stop rod for the member 15. and correspondingly shortening rod link 90 and changing the position of the pivot pins for lever 89 we can adjust the machine for any period of high speed we may desire. Should I desire to make my feed a manually controlled one I should dispense with the connections between rod 59 and the valve 96 and an extended rod accessible to the attendant would be attached to the said valve 96.

In material where the percentage of solids held in solution-is very small, such as sugar liquors in refining sugar a hand manipulated valve would be eflicient, inasmuch as it requires over one or two hours to build a solid wall on the basket shell and about 4,000 to 6,000 gallons of material must pass through the machine to get enough solids to do this, but in material such as bauxite clay, magnesia or similar high suspended saturations, a wall of solids will be built on the shell in a few minutes and, in 'this case, it is in the interest of efficiency to connect the valve 96 to link 59 as set out and havethe cam 54 in place to relock in continuous successions, after each cycle of the machine, the doglever 19-20 with the continuously rotating worm 14 as set out.

I have now described how I control the motor, the time,'howI control the brake,

operate the signal bell, the feed and how I lock and unlock dog 20 and return it to its member 15 withthe push` yinitial position. I will now describe-how I put the cleaner in action and The cleaning of the bas/cet.

meshes with the pinion 6 on shaft 7', which is the shaft which carries and operates the cleaner frame 8. 2 is a resilient link having a terminal guide 8 and forming the operative connection between the cam 101,0n the shaft 11 and the segmental arm 99, a pin 9, Fig. 6, holding said link connected to said arm. The cam 101 is shown in Fig. 28 in plan. A is that lsection of the cam thatholds the cleaner blades and sweeps against the wall of the basket shell and at slow speed. B is that -part of the cam that holds the cleaner out of the zone of centrifugal activity or while the brake is being applied 'and speed is being reduced, as well as duris that part ing theperiod of high speed, j

cleaner rod of the cam which oscillates the cam which removes the cleanerrod 7' from -wall contact. Theresilient link 2 com- 2', carrying an adjusting nut 14. a cored,

dicated by dotted lines in Fi position of normality, and alsoin full lines spring seating chamber 11', having an integral laterally projecting arm 10, a take up cap 12', a spring resisting collar 15 and a spring 13'. The terminal of 2' has a shaft straddling slot 15 25, and carries a friction roller 14 running in the cam groove,

as shown in Fig. 28 B, f, f', and A. The purpose of making this link resilient is to permit of basket oscillation without strain on the cleaner shaft 7 and it acts as follows: as force is exerted by the cam 101 in the direction of-the arrow 16 (Fig. 7 ).on the link 2 the spring chamber 11 and connections will move in the direction of the said arrow and the pin 9 will oscillate the segmental rack and arm 100-99. This will oscillate the cleaner shaft 7 carrying the cleaner blades shown'in Fig. 15 at 17', 17, 17', 17' and also the bottom sweepk 18', in-

g. 13 in its 1n its position of contact with the basket shell 20' during the performing of its cleaning and sweeping function. The sectional view, Fig. 13 simplifies the understading of this sweeping function, where terial is shown as being scraped from the shell wall and carried to the center discharge post in the bottom of the basket.

e will lack of uniformity of distribution in mass or other causes, the shell wall will be thrown out of its normal rotary path while the cleaner blades 17 17 are in contact thereporting rod 7 to wall Contact Z and f that part of thethey manow suppose that, by reason of of this spring case permits of the rod 3'- remaining stationary while the case 11' is thus being moved, the cleaners 17, 17', can osclllate to any practical degree without any strains of serious nature to their supor to their actuating cam 101.

Thus is permitted the oscillation of the cleaner blades 17', 17 and sweep 18 to and from contact with the basket shell 20', at slow cleaning speed after the said blades are ut down on the basket bottom which latter` unction I will now describe: 21' is a cam on shaft 11, shown also in Fig. 29. 22 is a link connecting this cam with the arm 24 of a lever' comprising arm 24 arm v27 and stem 23' (see Fig. 6). The arm 27' carries a lateral projection 28". The stem 23 is pinioned to lugs projecting from the bottom of the standard bed plate 1 -which are shown in Figs., 6 and 25, the former being a section through the pivot pin 29. The dotted lines 30', 31', Fig. 25 indicate the eXtreme movements of the oscillation of the bell crank arm. 27. In Fig. '29 the part E of cam 21 holds the rod 7 up, the arcs C, C hold itd-own in engagement with the bottom'of the basket and the. point D gives a quick vertical reciprocation to the cleaners 17', 17, before theyl are raised up at the end of a machine cycle.- The reason for this will be made obvious by consulting 17, where it will be seen sents a section of separated solids that have not been removed from the basket shell wall by the horizontal swing of the cleaners 17'. So after the said cleaners -have been oscillated by theircam 21 to have cleaned the walls in horizontal inner circumferential sections, as shown in'Fig. 17, the rotation of the cam 2l the'apex D of said cam which will raise the cleaners 17, 17 from line 10X to line 9X, Fig. 17. 4This will free the walls of all impacted material and then, as the cam 21 continues its further rotation, the sweep 18 is lowered with the rod 7 andthe blades 17 and the material is carried from the basket bottom to the pont as shown in Fig.

17 and out of the basket of the machine. vThefurther rotation of cam 21 will raise the sweep 18 ofi' the basket bottom and out of the zone of centrifugal activity.

The design of this sweep 18 carrying the material off the bottom after having been scraped from the walls 20' of the shell is to use the force acquired by the rotation of the material inherent in the momentum of the that 32 repre- 5 will carry the roller 14 to mass to overcome the friction against the sweep and pass it out the basket bottom by this force of momentum centripetally. The bottom 33 of my basket has a concentric 5 hole 33" forming a discharge port for the separated solids 40". 37 is a valve, cover, or seal for this port. 38', 38 are a series of rods holding said vvalve to its lifting ring 39 said ring having an integral collar 39 l which carries a tube 40', said tube incasing ft 88. The bottom 33 is supthe basket sha ported from the shaft 88 by an angular ring 34 ,a central stem 35 a nut 36 and a series These arms are anof arms 35, 35, etc.

gularly inclined in section as shown in Fig. 14 so that the rotating bottom will reect the material downward as shown by rows 42 in Fig. 14 under the well known law that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. This permits me to operate the machine quite rapidly at slow speed, with rapid cleaning possibilities. The sleeve40 is carried by or fixed to a collar 43 having an extended ring flange 44. and 47 are two pivotedl levers on which the flange 44 rests when the valve 37 is raised off the port 33 and the cleaner sweep 18 is down sweeping out the basket. These two levers are supported on a carrier 46 which is guided on a rod 45. The pivot pin 50 holds the saidtwo levers 47 frame 46. This frame 46 has two straddle arms 46 and 46 serving as guides therefor on rod 7. 51 is a rest or contact for said two levers, being an integral part of the said carrier 49 is a chain fixed to said rest, as shown in Figs. 25 and 3. 49 lis also a chain fixed to shaft 7. 51 is a small chain pull and 52 is a larger chain pull. They are integral and supported ona common pin 53 which is threaded into a support 54 of the bed plate 1 of the machine. It is evident that inasmuch as the carrier 46 is connected with the chain 49 at one end and the cleaner rod r7 is connected with the chain 49 and these opposite ends of these respective chains are fixe( to the same integral element, 51-52, that the carrier 46 will move up when the rod 7 moves down, and, as the said carrier has pivoted thereto at 50 the two levers 4 and 47, and these two levers rest on the under side of the flange 44 of the collar 43', through the tube 40', the bottom'valve or seal 37 will be raised as the rod 7 goes down and lowered as the said rod is raised, thus sealing the port 33 when the cleaner shaft 7 and blades 17. 17 are out of the Zone of centrifugal activity and the basket is at high speed and opening the port 33 when the cleaner blades` are descending for the purpose of cleaning out the basket and passing the separated solids out of the basket through said opened port 33, as shown in c Fig. 17

-ment as shown in and 4 on said The purpose of the pivoting of the fingers 47. 47 is to permit the oscillation o the shaft 88 which carries the basket without straining any part of the mechanism and to retain said fingers always in position for lifting the valve 37 regardless of oscillation of the basket. Dotted line 56 indi? cafes a position of shaft 88 as out of normal, but such position as a suspended centrifugal basket shaft is continually likely to be moved to in the practical operation of the machine. It will be seen that the dotted line 55 indicates the position of lever 47 as it follows the shaft 88 in this movement and the spring 57 pulls arm 47 corresponding to the position indicated by line 58; so no matter how the shaft, by virtue of eccentricity of rotation, may rotate out of a nor'- mal center the arms 47 and 47 will follow it with no strain on any part of the mechanism and be always ready to lift the sleeve 40 and connections. While thev shaft 7 is moving up and down, as and for the purpose set out, the long pinion remains in continua mesh with the segment 100. That is why-it is long. The dotted lines 7X and 8X represent the extremes of eccentric shaft move- Y Fig. 3.

The straddle 5 of rod 4 can either slide on the guide shaft 4 or the shaft can be guided in bearings, as may be desired; the groove 59 holding the forks 60 therein for this purpose. The arm 28, is pivotally held to the lug 61 of the straddle, having the groove engaging arms or forks 60, 60. Needless to say that the dotted position indicated at 62 of the valve raising elements and the dotted position of the valve indi-l cated by 63 correspond to extreme lower positions of these relations.

'Dz'schargz'ag res/dimm liquid.

This machine as explained hereinbefore is designed to separate two classes of solids from liquids held 'in suspension when the specific gravity of the two classes differ.

Now after a wall of separated solids is impacted on the basket shell, as shown '1n igs. 2O and 18, there remains a small wall of liquid, which, with the washings off the solid wall, as the machine is reduced to slow speed, will not be separated from its associated solids; therefore it is necessary to get this unseparated mass out of the way before the solids are discharged from the machine, and not permit it to come in contact with separated liquid or separated solids. T do this as follows: Tn Fig. 18, 42 shows a wall of separated solids impacted on the shell of the basket. 43 shows the wall 0f liquid remaining in the basket on the wall of solids at the time the speed is being reduced. and as the machine is slowing down from high to low 106. This collector is 'spond in Fig. Sand ,down to the required limit. lated, after a lowing this temporary 46 7 pivoted to the underside of the curb as shown at 113. has an outlet llthrough which the mass is passed to trough 108 and therethrough to outlet 109 to. the point of collection or well (not shown). 110 is a link having a swivel end 112 and connectinglever oscillated from line 10X to line 11X, Fig. 8 as its normal movement. This corresponds to line 1X to Fig. 2. This is also the same 'angular movement, as is shown, from radial line 3X to 4X of Fig. 3. The shaft 7, it will be remembered, is the cleanerl shaft and carries the cleaner blades; these blades move oscillatably from 4X to SX.- These radial lines corre- Fig. 6. The part 111 1s Journaled lby the shaft 7 being splined thereon so the boss on the lever 111 can slide on the spline 117. To do this I horizontal guide and retainer 116, Fig. 1, to prevent the lever 111 from moving up with the rod 7, butto permit horizontal oscillation.

' As the shaft 7 passes' down, as already set out, the key 117 will pass throughthe slot in 111 until the said cleaner carrying shaft is It is thus osciltemporary rest, given it by the construction of the cam 101. During the temporary rest the liquid forming the liquid residuum wall 43 is passed through the port 33" to Ithe underneath collector 106, as shown inFig. 18. T e slow speed must be slow enough to permit this to be done very quickly and so centrifugal force will not hold the liquid Wall partially intact. Fol- -rest, after the shaft has passed down to its lower limit, the said shaft is oscillated in the direction of the arrow 118, Fig. 3, until its angular movement is completed which is from radial line 4X to radial line 3X. The bottom sweep the pacted solids, as shown in Fig. while the arm 111 will oscillate 13. Meanfrom radial i line 2X to radial line 1X, Fig: The lever 111 has a forked end, shown in Figs. 3 and swing the lever arm 111 from radial line 1X 2X in Fig. 3. and 1X to 2X in provide a to radial line 2X (Fig. 3) and this Will swing the lever 106 from 10X to 11X Fig. 8 and thecollector 106 from radial line 6X to 5X, back to its normal position under the port 33 of the basket 20.

The trough 108 receives all .the unseparated liquids and discharges them throu `h 109 to a tank or reservoir from which they the original supply a horizontal section tion of Fig. 2 showing the arrows 122 indicates the passing of the lquidas separated from its associated solids to the curb surrounding the basket 20 from which curb it is discharged at 105 with all solids held in separated therefrom, providing hey are of greater specific gravity than the liquid. s

ere there are a portion of the solids that are lighter than the liquid or of equal specific gravity they will of course not impact on the basket-shell or form part of the mass 42;

These lighter solids will passv from the basket with the liquid and form part-of the mass shown in Fig. 20 and42". It will be noted that .I- differentiate 4:3 from 42 as the former is practically an unseparated mass and the latter has all the solids renoved of greater specific gravitythan the i uid.

t is particularly true of sugar syrups that ,i carry mass through filter fabric however, a series of bags separate these it is neces.

any convenient form of filter fabric will he seci and a common trough for the series with a conductor leading from my basket t'o the This conductor could be of any form.

pumped, or discharged by gravity, after passing therein from my machine chamber. 123 is a chama series of bags made 4 of and 104', Fig. 20,' The syrup 42 carries with it a small volume of solids approximately 1/10,000 of the mass to 1/5,000, but this must be separated. I, therefore, discharge liquor 42 from the curb chamber 10i-104V into trough 124 from which it passes to bags 126, 126, 126, I

. pounds,

Y terial-between the lines 133` and 135, when 126, and thence out past 127 through `cock 128 where. at 129 it is pure filtered syrup having all solids removed that are held in suspension; the heavy solids being Ain the cylinder basket on theshell Wall 20 and the lighter solids being in the bags 126, 126, 126, 126.V vFrom the basket these solids are discharged in the manner I have already described, and from the bags they are Washed manually in the usual way. y Where the specific gravity of the solids is uniformly greater than the liquid associated of course the bags are,A not necessary nor is any-equivalent for them required. By this filtering first in my machine and then in the bags the cost of refining sugar is greatly reduced as 90 to 95% of the bags or filter fabric now used aswell as 90% of the labor required to attend to these bags. Thus .I eliminate the most costly port-ion of the labor in sugar refining. l

It is important for a machine of this class that I be able to build walls on my basket shell of varied thickness in order to meet practical requirements for the lfollowing technical reasons: Suppose I am separating a solid held in suspension in a liquid that in ordinary gravity relation of the two will require ten hours to settle in a vessel.

Ten hours comprises 36,000' seconds.

Now, suppose I give a speed to my'basketv shell so'that I intensify gravity, or accelerate it so that one pound as it enters the basket will weigh or exert a forcev of 1000 which would be accomplished by a basket shell 36 in diameter rotating at 1400 R. P. M. per minute, a 24 diam. of basket rotating at 1,800 R. P. M. or a 48 diam. of basket rotating 1215 R. I. M. We will lnow assume` that the flow of unseparated material, as shown at feed pipe 134, Fig.

20,- is of such volume-that it takes 108. seconds to discharge sufficient through thispipe into the basket to build a wall. as shown in Figs. 20 and 18, from dotted lines 133 to 135; it being understood that no liquid will pass from the basket over the top as shown at. 136 Fig. 20, until the wall of liquid has reached line 135; therefore all the unseparated mathe basket is loaded, will be under the infiuence of an intensified gravity or 1000 times over normal and two thirds of it will have been under this influence for 1/3 of 108 seconds or 36 seconds. Now 1/1000 of 36000, the seconds of time required for normal gravity settling, is 36. So I get the same results, theoretically in 36 seconds that is accomplished by ordinary gravity separating in 10 hours.y

` While in practice I do it much more rapidly, with mymachine. instantly in fact, yet this is an absolutely safepractieal manner to can be dispensed withl predetermine my feed to basket for commercial purposes. We will now assume that lin certain material it is desirable to build .143 shows thewall at 146 where no lport is opened. The section 144 shows the wall 147 where the port 137 is entirely exposed and the section 145 shows the dischargeV and solid wall 148 With partially exposed port, corresponding to the valve 138 being Set To meet this situation I provide back to line 149. Locking holes 150, 151,

152, etc., can be provided for any adjustment of the valves or plates 138 andf138.

In the illustration I have givenas to gravity acceleration it will be noted 108 seconds are required to fill the chamber to line 135, the discharging point, and that this is three times the time of norma-l centrifugal action on the particular-material treated. There-v fore, I should have a' 2/3 wall of solids before closing of the feed' and I adjust my machine to operate automatically for this wall thickness, so that all the material not discharged With the liquid will have been under 36 seconds of accelerated gravity. This Will insure perfect separation. To facilitate clean liquid discharge, as separated, through the horizontal trap forming conductor, formed by rings 131 and 132, I place a series'of bars, arranged as shown in Figs. 30, 153, 153 and thus form a centrifugal pump of great suctional power which draws in andv forces out the separated liquid as shown in Figs. .20-136..

IIn describing the operations forl motor speed control and the actuating of link 59 I leftthe clutch jaws 6 and 5 engaged which engagement will continue to rotate the worm wheel 8. But it is the law of the machine that this wheel 8 shall only make one revolution, in eac-h cycle of the machine and then must have its rotation arrested. This is accomplished by unlocking clutch jaws 6 and 5 lby moving jawv 6 from line 72 to 71, Fig. 19 which I do as follows: 155 is a link pivoted to lever 156 at h, the said lever being pivoted to the lug 158 of the standard 3. 159 is a link pivoted to the lever 156 at `z', at one end and at the other tothe clutch moving straddle 10 at J. 161 is a pin carried on wheel 8 shown in Fig. 19 and 160 is an offset or hook on link 155. The wheel 8 when its clutch jaws 6 and 5 are engaged. as set out, rotates in the direction of the arrow 165 and the pin 161 will engagethe link 155, as this link' occupies the position shown by dotted line 167 Fig. 19 while the wheel 8 is rotating; after said pinengages the said hook 160 on the link 155 the link will be movedin the direction of the rotation of the pin until the said link will oscillate the lever 156 from M to M equivalent to' the movement ofthe pin from e to e.v The link 159v will.pull the clutch jaw 6 from line 72 to line y71 un-l lookin it from jaw 5 stopping the. worm'- g The linkwheel 8 and worm 7, itsdriver. 155 is on the inner side of the worm wheel 8,

vas sh-own -in Figs. 6, 19, 33 and 34, and the" link 66 vis on the outer, Of coursewhen the clutch jaws 5 and 6 are disengaged the. wheel 8 will stop with the pin e 'atvposition e,

' Fig. 19 but the hook end 160 of the lever 155 will remain in engagement withl the pin 161 of the wheel 8 and it will be impossible for the wheel 8 to rotate while this lever hook is so engaged'. The manner in wh-ich I dislengage this lever from the said pin 161 isas follows: After the carrier 15 has traveled on the worm 1 4 they distance vpredetermined by its place adjustment, as already setv o ut, itl will engage the end of loose link 55, Figs. 6, v

' and 4 only. This loose link'55 is pivoted to raising'of the lever 155 olii'. the said 4pin 161v short arm 56 of rod 57, which rodalso carries, it will be recalled, lever 58 for operating electrical controller 64, through link 59. 162 Figs. 33 and 34 is a lsmall lever on' this same rod 57, and when the member 15 en-A gages the open link 55,y it oscillatesthe shaft 57 and as the lever 162 is iiXed to this shaft, it is also oscillated and from line 6 to line e Fig. 32. As the pin 191 on lever 162 rests on the underside of the link 155,

as shown, the said lever is raised out of the rotary path of the` pin 161 and the wheel 8 is immediately free to rotate for the purposes set out.y Immediately, following the the clutch jaws 5- and 6 become engaged through lever. 66 being lioperated by the lug 68 engaging with lug 67, Fig. 10, which pulls lever .66, swinging clutch moving straddles 10, 10, and oscillating moving clutch jaw'6,

as set out hereinbefore. I have already de scribed how the arc shape Contact 21 of dog` 19-20 become-s disengaged from worm 14,

whereupon ychain 37, through weight 38,

'.Figs. 1 and 6, will return part 15 back to any position at which it has beeninitially set for predetermining a cycle and on such return the bell 40`is sounded. I have also explained how the cam 54 will reseat the dog v 15)*20 automatically making the machine very light volume of suspended solids suchA as defecated syrups -in sugarl refining. The i the holes H02' holes HO in the link 90 an in the lateral flange of the rame 1 and the holes HOSin the top of the bed plate are all of substantially the same pitch, so when I adjust link 90" shorter to hole cm byv ate push link 55. This push link is operated yby the member 15. If it is arranged to have Uthe extension of the U -liook operate it, as

i't could be, the spring 29` must be strong enough to oscillate the lever 56 before rod 34of the U hook is moved. If the U hook is not made to operate'the push link 55 this spring 29 need only be of sufficient strength to snap over the handle at the proper time as already set out. The'r'discharge ports shown in Fig. 30 are ldesigned to reduce the volume 4of separating material held in the basket at will in the same machine. If the caps are in the position indicated by the cap 138 liquid will not pass out over the top of the .basket until the liquid wall reaches the limit line of the top predeterminedA by the inner diameter of the basket top. If the caps are i'n the position as shown by 138 the separating liquid cannot build up a wall greater than shown at 144, likewise 143 and 145. These are all diagrammatic. Y

In Figs. 19 and 34' I show a modified way of operating the motor controller, as follows: 163 is a lever xed on shaft'57 and 162 a companion leve-r. Theycarry a connecting link 164 having a dog N.

of the lug N on the link 164. N is a pin on the wheel 8 on the opposite side` to pin 161 but not in transverse alinement. This pin N.engages the lug N of the link 164 and 0 The lever 162 isV pivoted at-160. and the pins N and N" are pulls the lug N from line 11X to 12X just before the pin 161 changes the clutches 6 and 5 in disengagement. Therefore the speed of the motor will be accelerated just before the wheel 8 is stopped. It will be evi'- dent that s the lug N is pulling down the link 164 from line 11X to 12X the lever 163 will oscillate to-line 6 and the lever58 motor controller through the link 59. This modification would be used with the, link 155, not at all interfering with the mechanism for unlocking theclutch jaws. `It would be used where I wantto gain time and on materials that have a heavy volume of solids in suspension, whereby a wall is quickly built on the basket shell.

It is scarcely necessary to say that the high and low. speed of the motor is controlled bythe controller 64. That .line 200 4 indicates high speed oscillationy of controller make .numerous modifications without decontacts; line 201 slow speed`100 R. P. M. and 4line 202 where all lcurrent is off and motor 203 at rest. I connect my motor to the basket shaft by a universal oint, not shown, being well known..

I do not limit myself to the specific fea.-

tures set out in any particular, but could' parting from the spirit of my invention.

`- the basket bottom and caught the sweep I-Iaving nowl described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patentis:

1. In a centrifugal separating machinetherv bottom for thel said basket having a central opening therein,

' and conducted to the said opening and discharged from thebasket centripetally.

42. In a centrifugal separating machine the l combination of a basket, a bottom for said tom having an opening therein, means for.

ing, means for basket, .means for -giving said basket two speeds, said ing therein, high speed, slowspeed and means to scrapethe separated means to seal the opening at solids from the basket shell and sweep them v centripetally through said opening at slow speed when so opened.

3. The combination in a centrifugal lof a lbasket having a shell and abottom, said botgiving the said basket'two speeds, the high a. separatingfspeed, the slow -a solids discharging speed, a cover for the saidl openwith means to` put the said scraper and sweep in action at the slow speed.

4. In a'centrifugal separating machine. the combination. of a basket having a bottom i with a central opening therein, means for moving the material solids` after-being liquid relieved, consisting of ay means to maintain a predetermined slow speed, means' tomaintain the slow speed for a predetermined time and means to conduct the separated solids at the slow speed from the basket shell through the opening in the basket bottom, wherethrough it is discharged from the basket.

5. In a centrifugal separating machine the combination of a basket having a bottom,

from the shell bv the shell sweep and whereby as the material is scra ed basket bottom having an open-` means to open said opening at rating speed, means f the basket shell at lifting the said cover at slow speed, a shell scraper and a bottom sweep conveyer sweeping the material scraped" ducting it centripetally to said central Opening. g A, 6. In a centrifugal the combination of, a basket having-a bottom with a central vopening therein and -a shell, a cover for said'opening, means'to give said shell a separating speed, means' to reduce the speed to' a cleaning speed, means to'maintain the slow speed for a predeterminedtiine and means to rey"move the cover from said opening at the-1 said reduced speed., a shell sweep and ai bot tom sweeping conductor, said conductor conveying material dislodged from the shell by opening at slow speed.-

7. In a centrifugal separating machine the combination of a basket, cal shell and a bottom, means for giving said the said shell sweep centripetally to thesaid having a cylindrif basket. a .high separating speed, means for reducing the basket to a slow solids cleaning speed, a cover for said opening and means for raising said cover after the .period -oflhigh speed and holding it raised at the period oflow speed, off said opening, a shell sweep and a coeacting bottom sweep,

Vsaid bottom "sweep rconveying the' material removed fromathe shell w-all centripetally. to the said opening.

8. In a centrifugal separating machine the. *combination of `a basket having a shell and a bottom, said bottom formed of two parts, a means for giving said basket a` high sepafor giving said basket va slow cleaning speed, means for separating said parts and holding them apart'during `cleaning at slow speed exit passage for solids, means for scraping slow speed of the solids impacted'thereon at. the high speed and placing them onthe unraised portion of the bottom and a bottom sweep conveying said material to the port formed'by the raising of the movable portion of the basket.

9. In a centrifugal separating machine, the combination of a basket having a shell and a bottom, saidv bottom formed of a plurality of parts, means for giving said basket a high separating speed, means for giving said basket a slow cleaning speed and means for changing the position of said parts and holding them thus changedA during cleaning at slow speed,thereby, forming a passageway for separated solids, means for scraping the said shell at slow speed and means for discharging said material so scraped from the said shell by a centripetally 4acting sweep.

10. In a centrifugal separating machine the combination of a basket having'a shell and a bottom, said bottom having a central opening or passageway therein, a valve or seal for said opening, means for giving said basket a high separating speed, means to permit the said valve to cover said openthereby forming an 'whereby the material solids separated at' 'said bot-tom, a cover for .the said openingsaid bottom, means for giving the said botto-m and basket two'predetermined.speeds,`

the high a separating speed, the low a basket cleaning speed,'a support for that part vof the bottom which extends beyond the said f-cent-ral opening, means for supporting theI said bottom to thesaid shaft, a 11d `or. cover' for the said -central opening, in the bottom, said lid or cover sealing the saidbottom at high basket speed, means for lift-ing the said li or ,cover atflow basket speed and a centrip` etally #acting cleaneiLand unloading device,

the high speed is removed ,from lodgment on the basket shell or wall at the low speed. byv said cleaner and conducted to the vsaid `centra-l opening after the said lid or cover is lifted as set out..

12. In a centrifugal 'separating machine having a basket with an unperforated shell and means for rotatinglthe said-baskea'a bottom'in the said basket, an opening in the forming thereby a valve, means to permit the said separated liquid to Apass out over the top of the-said basket, a liquid collector under the saidopening in the basket bottom, means for raising the said cover at a predetermined time and means` for moving said collector away from the vertical plane 'of the said opening ata predetermined time.

13. The combination in a centrifugal of a Ibasket having a central port, a valve or cover'for the said port and automatic means for raising the said valve at a predetermined a time, whereby the act-ion of the sweep i's made eii'ective, a bottom, a basket shell sweep comprising a central stem and scrapers adapted to engage the said shell and a bottom sweep carried by the said stem andadapted to sweep the bottom,fwhereby the -said Scrapers remove the separated solids from the shell wall and the bottom sweepengages the material thus removed'and con- 4 ducts it centripetally to the said central port.

14. In a centrifugal separating machine the combination of a basket having a cir'- y cumferential shell, a bottom having a hole,

solids on the atl means for giving said basket two speeds, the high a separating` speed, the low, a solids cleaning speed means for putting separated basket bottom at slow speed and a bottom sweep whereby the solids 'are carried ofi' the said bottom and conducted to said hole by said sweep.

15. The combination' in a centrifugal separating machine of a basket having an unperforated she1l, a'botto1n having a solids discharge port, a shell scraping and cleanling device and a centripetal bottom sweep and a movable secondary collector under said port in the bottom, as and for the purpose set out.

16. In a centrifugal the combination of a basket having an unperforated shell and having a bottom with a central opening, a

trap on the top or the shell, a' curb chamber inclosing the shell, a cover for the said central openingnneans to remove the said cover at a predetermined time, a movable liquid collector under the said cover and means t-o swing the said movable collector out of the vertical plane ofthe said central opening when the cover thereon is removed.

17. ,The 4combination inv a centrifugal separator of a basket having a shell and a bottoms' with al central port in the latter, means for givingthe said shell a high separating speed during which speed solids are separated from theliquid and the liquid passed from the basket by centrifugal action, means for reducing the said basket speed to a predetermined slow cleaning speed, a cleaning device for shell'scraping and cleaning and comprising a shell wall sweep and a' co-acting bottom sweep 'and whereby the'solids as cleared from the wall are passed from the basket thereafter by centripetal action.l 18. .The combination in a centrifugal sepator of a basket having an unperforated shell, a top for the said shell, a bottom for the said basket having a central opening therein, a curlb chamber surrounding the said shell and inclosing it, a movable liquidcollector under 'the said opening, means for moving the said collector away from the said opening at the conclusion of a purging period of basket rotation and means for discharging the separated solids through the said openits rotation and the bottom sweep will be y.projected over the edge of the port in the basket bottom, thus conducting material a supplemental movable liquid collector norfrom the shell to the said port centripetally, 

